The Fan |  Freer Gallery of Art (1896.50) | |
| Number: | 375 | |
| Date: | 1887/1888 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 135 x 98 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly to left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.345; M.343 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
The Fan dates from 1887 or early 1888. The pencil butterfly signature on one impression is consistent with these dates (). It was first recorded as sold on 11 February 1888. 1 Other etchings of similar date include Binding the Hair 334 and Model Stooping 362.
1: Whistler to T. McLean, GUW #13018.